FSN 302 Lecture Notes - Claire Mccardell, War Production Board, Norman Norell
6 Feb 2014
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Jacques heim was jewish and went into hiding while molyneux and worth moved to england. Schiaparelli kept her paris salon open: more than 90 houses carried on business as usual were lelong, patou, rochas, lanvin, ricci, fath and balenciaga. Led by molyneux, and other designers took task of creating range of clothing meeting requirements using minimal labour and material: four basic lines were produced which 32 individual designs were selected for manufacture. Blouse: mass produced and core cc41 utility label, simple but stylish good proportion and line, incorporated padded shoulders, nipped in waist and hems just below knee. 1940 in usa isolation from paris lead to explore domestic talent: mainbocher first american designer to run successful house in paris was back in. Nyc: two new talents appeared: norman norell and claire mccardell both women who worked with hattie carnedie (best ready wear designer, throughout war years norell showed simple sophisticated designs.
